Hail, Palm Beach
- When
- March 31, 7:25 PM EST to 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, 15 mi N of (Pbi)palm Beach Arpt
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 26.900, -80.150
Hail in Florida, March 31, 1996
Hail as large as golf balls fell across many sections of eastern Palm Beach county. At least 100 vehicles were damaged and a 60-acre cucumber field was ruined.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Hail as large as golf balls fell across many sections of eastern Palm Beach county. At least 100 vehicles were damaged and a 60-acre cucumber field was ruined. Thunderstorm winds of 60 mph blew down a large billboard. Heavy rain damaged the roofs of several units at Village Club Apartments forcing 33 families to evacuate.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5541435.